A Prius with the new Hybrid engine is seen at the fair stand of Japanese car manufacturer Toyota at the international car show IAA in Frankfurt

A sexy model stands next to a Nissan X-Trail SUV during the Vietnam Auto Expo 2008 at Vietnam Exhibition & Fair Centre in Hanoi

Ford Explorers are shown on a dealership lot in Detroit, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. High gasoline prices are affecting once-popular truck-based SUVs, leading some automakers to close the factories that make them and many industry analysts to declare the SUVs extinct as U.S. consumers flee rapidly from trucks to cars

Wilfried Aulbur, managing director and chief executive of Mercedes-Benz India, poses next to a Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG sports car during its India launch in Mumbai

South Korean models pose with Germany’s Mercedes-Benz newest model, the CLS 350, during a press unveiling in Seoul, 2005. US President George W. Bush’s administration accused the Democratic-led Congress on Monday of using a variety of excuses to delay ratifying a free trade deal with key ally South Korea.

If we accept that there is something interesting about every car, then the 2009 Acura TSX tests this proposition to the breaking point. Is it well made? Are Oprah’s diamond earrings real? Of course, it’s well made. It’s a lux’ed-up, Euro-spec Honda Accord, re-badged as an Acura and aimed at America’s young and upwardly mobile […]

Don’t be deceived, this is not an all-new model. It’s called the CLC, which is new, but this model, in spite of the name, is just a facelift of the seven-year-old SC model.
Mercedes has upped its game and is flying high with its new C-Class saloon. Finally, the brand has what it takes to challenge […]

The C63 is the entry-level AMG vehicle in the North American marketplace, specially tuned by the German manufacturer’s go-fast gurus. The 6.2 liter V8 engine installed makes 451 horsepower in this application, bettering the output of competition like the Audi RS4, BMW M3 and upcoming Lexus IS-F. It cranks the rear wheels through a seven-speed […]

A model presents the Mazda CX-9 during a preview of the Bangkok International Motor Show March 27, 2008. The Bangkok International Motor Show is the biggest annual auto show in southeast Asia and will be held from March 28 to April 6.

Automotive journalists look over the 2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe as it is shown at the 2008 New York International Auto Show